• adj. 吝嗇的，小氣的；有刺的；缺乏的

sting,刺，叮，蜇，-y,形容詞后綴。俚語。

stingy (adj.)

"niggardly, penurious, extremely tight-fisted," 1650s, of uncertain origin, perhaps a dialectal alteration of earlier stingy "biting, sharp, stinging" (1610s), from sting (v.). Back-formation stinge "a stingy person" is recorded from 1905. Related: Stingily; stinginess.

1. The West is stingy with aid.

西方在援助上有點(diǎn)吝嗇。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Don't be so stingy with the money!

用錢不要那樣小手小腳!

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Don't be so stingy!

不要那么吝嗇!

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. After the death of his stingy wife, Edward loosened up a great deal.

愛德華在他吝嗇的妻子死后, 用錢大方多了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Winston was not a stingy man.

溫斯頓不是個(gè)小氣之人。

來自辭典例句